Simulating the tidal disruption of stars by stellar-mass black holes using moving-mesh hydrodynamics

Abstract

In the centers of dense star clusters, close encounters between stars and compact objects are likely to occur. We study tidal disruption events of main-sequence (MS) stars by stellar-mass black holes (termed $\mu$TDEs), which can shed light on the processes occurring in these clusters, including being an avenue in the mass growth of stellar-mass BHs. Using the moving-mesh hydrodynamics code \texttt{AREPO}, we perform a suite of hydrodynamics simulations of partial $\mu$TDEs of realistic, \texttt{MESA}-generated MS stars by varying the initial mass of the star ($0.5{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ and $1{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$), the age of the star (zero-age, middle-age and terminal-age), the mass of the black hole ($10{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ and $40{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$) and the impact parameter (yielding almost no mass loss to full disruption). We then examine the dependence of the masses, spins, and orbital parameters of the partially disrupted remnant on the initial encounter parameters. We find that the mass lost from a star decreases exponentially with increasing distance of approach and that a $1{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ star loses lesser mass than a $0.5{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$. Moreover, a more evolved star is less susceptible to mass loss. Tidal torques at the closest approach spin up the remnant by factors of $10^2$--$10^4$ depending on the impact parameter. The remnant star can be bound (eccentric) or unbound (hyperbolic) to the black hole: hyperbolic orbits occur when the star's central density concentration is relatively low and the black hole-star mass ratio is high, which is the case for the disruption of a $0.5{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ star. Finally, we provide best-fit analytical formulae for a range of parameters that can be incorporated into cluster codes to model star-black hole interaction more accurately.

Accepted for publication by A&A (with some revisions)

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